If you can’t go to Belgium to eat Belgium chocolate, then have the Belgium chocolate come to you. When I think about Guylian, I think about those seashell chocolates that you buy at Costco. But one day, we were walking around the Quay and Angela gasped, “Oh my god, look! Guylian has a cafe!”
We thought that the cafe would be fitting after our Korean food excursion with Rosa. We were promptly seated outside where we had a wonderful view of the Opera House, CBD skyline, and sunset. It was quite lovely.
We knew right off the bat that it’d be an expensive dessert. All of their cakes are at least $11 and above. After some hard decision making, I finally decided on their dark chocolate cake layered with a chocolate ganache. Had Angela not decided to get the raspberry cheesecake, I definitely would have gotten that. Even though the chocolate cake was good, I was a little bit disappointed. In the end, chocolate cake is… chocolate cake. It was dense and rich, but not as dense as the Lindt chocolate cake we had before.
But Angela’s cheesecake was fantastic! I’d definitely recommend getting that and it’s cheaper than the chocolate cake. However, if you’re really in the mood for chocolate, I’d get their Menage a Trois- you get a few biscotti and 3 small bowls of white, milk, and dark chocolate to dip them in. It’s actually the cheapest dish.
So having gone to Lindt and Guylian, I like Guylian better even though it was more expensive. I felt Guylian’s portion sizes were a bit bigger (don’t expect slices of cake, but rather small petite bites) and the location next to the Opera House does give it an advantage. Both cafes do charge a service fee. They’re opening up a new Guylian location on the Rocks, so plenty of opportunity to go check out for yourself!
East Circular Quay
Shop 10, Opera Quays
3 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
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